NOUN | plant | fiddlehead fern, cinnamon fern, fiddlehead, Osmunda cinnamonea | New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds |
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Meaning | New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible. | |
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Synonyms | cinnamon fern, fiddlehead, Osmunda cinnamonea | |
Broader | flowering fern, osmund | Any fern of the genus Osmunda |
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